Ok, so it’s rained a bit here in northern Tuscany. But I’m in a house, not a hotel, so there’s lots to do, including curling up on the sofa and reading a book, or talking to my neighbors, who tell me wi-fi is finally coming to our little village. The pictures I’ve been taking are fabulous, with those incredible Ansel Adams “clearling storm” clouds.
Tomorrow we head the car south, to Campania, then Calabria, in search of warmer climes. We hope to visit the seaside city of Scilla, near Italy’s toe. While these places are popular with Italian tourists, they haven’t caught up with Americans and their shorter vacations, where you don’t want to waste all that travel time heading out to the very end of a long peninsula.
But look what you can get in Calabria starting at 40€ a night or so–a 19th century apartment just 20 meters from the sea. It’s the scintillating Scilla holiday get away.
Yes, Italians do paint their houses pink quite often. Odd, isn’t it?
I’ve always had fun in the south. Life is hard there, but the landscape that makes farming impossible and herding difficult is beautiful to look at.
Look into Calabria. You might be surprised. And Sicily is just a short ferry ride away.
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Well I definitely second the Calabrian recommendation having lived here for 5 years now